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Define the word ram

main memory \main memory\ n. (Computers)
   The memory in a computer that holds programs and data for
   rapid access during execution of a program; it usually hold
   the largest quantity of rapid-access storage in a computer;
   -- also called RAM (random access memory. It is
   contrasted to ROM, disk data storage, cache,
   registers and other forms of data storage.
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Ram \Ram\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Rammed (r[a^]md); p. pr. & vb.
   n. Ramming.]
   1. To butt or strike against; to drive a ram against or
      through; to thrust or drive with violence; to force in; to
      drive together; to cram; as, to ram an enemy's vessel; to
      ram piles, cartridges, etc.
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            [They] rammed me in with foul shirts, and smocks,
            socks, foul stockings, greasy napkins. --Shak.
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   2. To fill or compact by pounding or driving.
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            A ditch . . . was filled with some sound materials,
            and rammed to make the foundation solid.
                                                  --Arbuthnot.
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Ram \Ram\ (r[a^]m), n. [AS. ramm, ram; akin to OHG. & D. ram,
   Prov. G. ramm, and perh. to Icel. ramr strong.]
   1. The male of the sheep and allied animals. In some parts of
      England a ram is called a tup.
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   2. (Astron.)
      (a) Aries, the sign of the zodiac which the sun enters
          about the 21st of March.
      (b) The constellation Aries, which does not now, as
          formerly, occupy the sign of the same name.
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   3. An engine of war used for butting or battering.
      Specifically:
      (a) In ancient warfare, a long beam suspended by slings in
          a framework, and used for battering the walls of
          cities; a battering-ram.
      (b) A heavy steel or iron beak attached to the prow of a
          steam war vessel for piercing or cutting down the
          vessel of an enemy; also, a vessel carrying such a
          beak.
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   4. A hydraulic ram. See under Hydraulic.
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   5. The weight which strikes the blow, in a pile driver, steam
      hammer, stamp mill, or the like.
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   6. The plunger of a hydraulic press.
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   Ram's horn.
      (a) (Fort.) A low semicircular work situated in and
          commanding a ditch. [Written also ramshorn.]
          --Farrow.
      (b) (Paleon.) An ammonite.
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RAM
     n 1: the most common computer memory which can be used by
          programs to perform necessary tasks while the computer
          is on; an integrated circuit memory chip allows
          information to be stored or accessed in any order and
          all storage locations are equally accessible [syn: random-access memory, random access memory, random memory, read/write memory]
     2: (astrology) a person who is born while the sun is in Aries
        [syn: Aries]
     3: the first sign of the zodiac which the sun enters at the
        vernal equinox; the sun is in this sign from about March
        21 to April 19 [syn: Aries, Aries the Ram]
     4: a tool for driving or forcing something by impact
     5: uncastrated adult male sheep; "a British term is `tup'"
        [syn: tup]
     v 1: strike or drive against with a heavy impact; "ram the gate
          with a sledgehammer"; "pound on the door" [syn: ram down, pound]
     2: force into or from an action or state, either physically or
        metaphorically; "She rammed her mind into focus"; "He
        drives me mad" [syn: force, drive]
     3: undergo damage or destruction on impact; "the plane crashed
        into the ocean"; "The car crashed into the lamp post"
        [syn: crash]
     4: crowd or pack to capacity; "the theater was jampacked" [syn:
         jam, jampack, chock up, cram, wad]

102 Moby Thesaurus words for "ram":
   assault, bear, bear upon, bellwether, billy, billy goat, boar,
   boost, bubbly-jock, buck, bull, bulldoze, bullock, bump,
   bump against, bunt, butt, butt against, chanticleer, cock,
   cockerel, collide, cram, crowd, dig, dog, drake, drive, elbow,
   entire, entire horse, ewe, ewe lamb, fall aboard, force, gander,
   goad, gobbler, hart, he-goat, head into, hurtle, hustle, jab, jam,
   jam-pack, jog, joggle, jolt, jostle, jumbuck, lamb, lambkin,
   mutton, nudge, pang, peacock, pile drive, plunge, poke, press,
   prod, punch, push, ram down, rattle, rooster, run, run against,
   run broadside on, run down, run in, run into, sail into, shake,
   sheep, shoulder, shove, sink, stab, stag, stallion, steer, stick,
   stot, stress, stud, studhorse, stuff, tamp, teg, thrust, tom,
   tom turkey, tomcat, top cow, top horse, tup, turkey gobbler,
   turkey-cock, wether, yeanling

RAM
     Random Access Memory (RAM, IC)
     
     

RAM
     Rarely Adequate Memory (slang)
     
     

RAM
     
        1.  Random Access Memory.
     
        2.  Rarely Adequate Memory.
     
        A humorous reference to the fact that programs and data
        expand to fill the memory available.
     
        (1995-04-22)
     
     

Ram
   exalted. (1.) The son of Hezron, and one of the ancestors of the
   royal line (Ruth 4:19). The margin of 1 Chr. 2:9, also Matt.
   1:3, 4 and Luke 3:33, have "Aram."
   
     (2.) One of the sons of Jerahmeel (1 Chr. 2:25, 27).
   
     (3.) A person mentioned in Job 32:2 as founder of a clan to
   which Elihu belonged. The same as Aram of Gen. 22:21.
   

Ram, elevated; sublime